Some heterobimetallic ion-pair complexes of Ni(II) with Mn(II), Co(II) and , Zn (II) using 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and 1-tert-butylimidazole-2-thione (tm) ligands were prepared by co-crystallization of Ni(II)-phen cationic complex and Cl / tm containing anionic complex in acetonitrile / methanol solvent. The [Ni(phen)3][MnCl4] (1) contains two molecule of acetonitrile and [Ni(phen)3] 2+ is h...

The concentrations of seven metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn) were determined in coastal seawaters and soft and hard tissues of the barnacle Chthamalus montagui from the northwest coast of Portugal to assess the potential use of C. montagui as biomonitor of metal contamination. The results of this study showed that C. montagui soft tissues can be used for monitoring metal bioavailabilities...

This study explored the spatial pattern of heavy metals in Beijing agricultural soils using Moran's I statistic of spatial autocorrelation. The global Moran's I result showed that the spatial dependence of Cr, Ni, Zn, and Hg changed with different spatial weight matrixes, and they had significant and positive global spatial correlations based on distance weight. The spatial dependence of the fo...

Atmospheric inputs of selected Trace Metals (TM: Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Zn, as well as Al, Fe and Mn) were studied on six forested sites in France. In order to evaluate canopy interaction with atmospheric inputs, TM were measured in both Open Field Bulk Deposition (BD) and Throughfall (TF). Anthropogenic contribution to BD composition is high for Zn, Cd and Sb, reflecting actual TM emissions trend...

Staphylococcus aureus CzrA and Mycobacterium tuberculosis NmtR are homologous zinccobalt-responsive and nickelcobalt-responsive transcriptional repressors in vivo, respectively, and members of the ArsRSmtB superfamily of prokaryotic metal sensor proteins. We show here that Zn(II) is the most potent negative allosteric regulator of czr operatorpromoter binding in vitro with the trend Zn(II)>Co(I...

The powder and single-crystal EPR spectra of Co(II)(OEP) (OEP is the dianion of octaethylporphyrin) doped into a range of diamagnetic crystals including simple four-coordinate hosts, H(2)(OEP), the triclinic B form of Ni(II)(OEP), the tetragonal form of Ni(II)(OEP) and Zn(II)(OEP); five-coordinate hosts, micro-dioxane)[Zn(II)(OEP)](2) and (py)Zn(II)(OEP); six-coordinate hosts, (py)(2)Zn(II)(OEP...

Effects of duration of exposure of single metal cations (Ag+1, Cd+2, Cu+2, Ga+3, Ni+2, and Zn+2) on 3H-thymidine (3H-Tdr) incorporation and 3-[4,5-dimethyl-thiazol-2yl-]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide-formazan (MTT-f) production in cultured murine fibroblasts (Balb/c 3T3) were investigated, and the synergistic and antagonistic effects of two metal cations applied simultaneously to the fibrobl...